Rail-splice.



No. 852 181. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

a, w. HOLFORTY. RAIL SPLIGE.

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GEORGE W. HoLFoiii r, or NEOSIIO RAPIDS, KANSAS.

RAIL-SPLICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 80, 1907.

Application filed October 11,1906. Serial No. 338,410.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HOL- FORTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Neosho Rapids, in the county of Lyon and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail- Splices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail splices for the meeting ends of railway rails and the principal object of the same is to provide means for uniting the ends of railway rails which will lie flush with the webs of the rails and which will firmly hold the meeting ends together and not permit them to spread or separate.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined rail s lice and chair for securing the meeting en s of the rails together and dispensing with the ordinary fish plates.

These and other objects are attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pair of railway rails united by means of a splice bar made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the splice bar and chair. Fig. 3 is a similar view of one of the ends of one of the rails.

Referring to the accompanying drawing for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates one of the rails and 2 is the other rail. The ends of these rails are substantially identical and hence, the description of one will serve for both.

Referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the flange portion 3 of the rail at the end thereof, is cut away for a certain distance from the end of the rail. Slots or openings 4 are formed through the web of the rail and the bottom portion of the flange 3 is removed, thus forming a shoulder 5. Bolt holes 6 are formed in the flange portion 3 at the end of the rail.

My splice bar and chair consists of a base flange 7 provided with bolt holes 8 and rising from the flange 7 are the two side lates 9 which are spaced apart a suflicient istance to admit the web ortion 10 of the end of the rail. The side p ates 9 are provided with base flange portions 11 which form a continuation of the flange portion 3 of the rail ends, said side plates extending up under the tread portions of the rails and being rovided with bolt holes 12 for the bolts 13 which pass through the holes 12 and through the slots 4 in the web portion 10 of the rail ends.

In securing together the ends of rails by the use of my splice bar and chair, the meeting ends are placed with the web portion 10 between the side plates 9 and the ends of the base flange 7 abutting against the shoulder 5 on the rail ends. The bolts 13 are passed through the splice bar and through the slots 4 in the rails and spikes are then driven through the spike holes 6 and S to hold the rails firmly in place.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a splice bar and chair made in accordance with my invention will obviate the necessity of fish plates, will firmly hold the meeting ends of the rails together and can be readily ap )lied and quickly repaired.

Iaving thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A splice bar comprising a base late, spaced side plates rising therefrom an provided with bolt holes in combination with rail ends having the base flange removed therefrom for a distance back of the end thereof and the flange portion of the rail being partially removed to provide a shoulder against which the flange of the splice bar abuts and apertures in the web portion of the rail for the securing bolts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE I/V. I-IOLFORTY. l/Vitnesses:

EMMA D. l\/IILNER, En. F. MILNER. 

